Joining the traditional rationalizations for state coercion—“God’s will,” “the consent of the governed,” and “social justice”—comes a fourth: “coercion as treatment.” Unlike theocracy, democracy , and socialism, however, pharmacracy has met little opposition.
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Thomas S. Szasz (1920–2012) was professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, and an advisory board member of The Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif.
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| Other Independent Review articles by Thomas S. Szasz | |
| Winter 2005/06 | Defining Disease: The Gold Standard of Disease versus the Fiat Standard of Diagnosis |
| Spring 1997 | The Case Against Psychiatric Coercion |
